Table-3.
Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of isolated S.aureus in burn patients attending Yekatit 12 Hospita1 from March to May 2011.
| Total isolated |
No. | S/R | Antimicrobial agents tested. | ||||||||||
| AUG No. (%) |
CEP No. (%) |
CHF No. (%) |
MET No. (%) |
PEN No. (%) |
AMI No. (%) |
VAN No. (%) |
CLI No. (%) |
KAN No. (%) |
ERY No. (%) |
POLM No. (%) |
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| 66 | S | 44(66.7) | 43(65.2) | 32(48.5) | 15(22.7) | 3(4.5) | 35(53.0) | 62(93.9) | 60(90.9) | 57(86.4) | 57(86.4) | 21(31.8) | |
| R | 22(33.3) | 23(34.8) | 34(51.5) | 51(77.3) | 63(95.5) | 31(47.0) | 4(6.1) | 6(9.1) | 9(13.6) | 9(13.6) | 45(68.2) | ||
S= sensitive, R= resistance, CEP = Cephalothin, CHF = Chloroanphincol, KAN = Kanamycin, VAN = Vancomycin, PEN = Penicillin, MET = Methicillin, AUG= Augmentine, ERY = Erythromycin, CLI = clindamycin, AMI = Amikacin, POLM= Polymyxin -B